51.     Alfred Vincent                                                                            1884 


The following map can be found in a guide published by Alfred Vincent, a local printer and publisher: Vincent’s Guide to Exeter. Alfred Vincent published this guide in 1884 but by 1889 Mrs Alfred Vincent was carrying on the business as lithographic printer at 1 Maddocks Row and was still in business at the same address in 1893. 

Title: GROUND PLAN OF EXETER

Size: 192 x 252 mm but no scale.

Imprint: A. Vincent, Exeter Lith. 

This is a simplified street plan showing prominent buildings (some of which are drawn in elevation, e.g. St. Michael’s Ch.). The drawing is rough, inaccurate and sometimes misleading even though it shows nearly all the important buildings. It is interesting to note that some place names are upside down, the Catholic Cathedral at Palace Gate, the Ferry at Quay Lane, the incorrect railway siding in to the Basin and the complete absence of the city walls. The map is the last to show the theatre in Bedford Street as this was ravaged by fire in February 1885 and was replaced by a new building in Longbrook Street.[1]

[1] Illustration reproduced by kind permission of Devon Archives & Local Studies - .B/EXE/726.5/DYMr.

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